Jenkins: Bradley Birkenfeld, Hero of Tax Reform

Why some people send their money to Switzerland.

By

Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.

Sept. 14, 2012 7:17 p.m. ET

Is there anything redeeming to be found in the adventures of Bradley Birkenfeld, the UBS whistleblower whose tale is sordidness piled on sordidness?

Mr. Birkenfeld is the soon-to-be-paroled felon on whom this week was bestowed a $104 million IRS bounty for exposing the activities of his former employer, the giant Swiss bank UBS, in helping Americans dodge U.S. taxes.